Search Tag: eHealth

2015 01 Dec

European Healthcare systems are at a crossroads. Balancing cost, accessibility and quality of healthcare seems to be an impossible equation. Join MEP Eva Kaili and participate in the Joint Digital Healthcare Event at the European Parliament in Brussels. Doers from the field will confront policy makers of what it really means to use eHealth and mHealth...Read more

2015 14 Jul

Prof. Henrique Martins is an Internal Medicine Specialist and a writer and speaker on the subject of eHealth and Leadership. He earned his PhD degree from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge with a thesis on “The use of Mobile ICT in clinical Settings”. eHealth being central to his work, he worked as the Chief Medical Information Officer...Read more

2015 24 Jun

It looks like support for eHealth in Ireland is alive and well; eHealth Ireland announced a positive public reaction in the days following the long-awaited launch of its multi-platform website www.ehealthireland.ie “We are delighted with the significant reaction received to date on Social Media following our launch on June 17,” CIO Richard Corbridge...Read more

2016 19 Apr

On the 19 and 20 of April more than 3,000 health and care professionals and 80 IT suppliers, will descend upon London’s Olympia for the second ever UK e-Health Week. The conference will be bigger and better than ever before, bringing together the latest e-Health innovations with those who commiss ion and implement as well as some...Read more

2015 31 May

NHS England and the UK Government have called all innovators in the UK and overseas interested in testing their ideas to deliver health services in better ways at scale, and in a real clinical setting. The announcement is in line with the NHS Five Year Forward View and will build on the UK Life Sciences Strategy and the NHS Innovation Health and Wealth Proposals....Read more

2015 11 May

eHealth is designated as one of Europe’s six “lead markets” for innovation in Europe. Taking place during the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, eHealth Week 2015 comprises of two main events: the High Level eHealth Conference organised by the Latvian Ministry of Health and the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European...Read more

2015 08 Oct

MIR is a subcommittee of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) which focuses on all aspects on professional issues in today’s Radiological practice, including Communication, Teleradiology and eHealth, Human Resource, Management, Patient Safety, Service Innovation, Economical issues etc. The conference will take place in the lively city of Barcelona...Read more

2015 14 Jan

Wearable technology can facilitate healthy changes in behaviour, encouraging optimal diet, sleep and activity patterns, but devices must be coupled with motivation in order to derive lasting changes. The simple recording of data which contributes to a so-called “quantified self” may be educational, but it is not enough to drive the adoption of healthy...Read more

2015 13 Jan

InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected healthcare, has announced that the InterSystems HealthShare® informatics platform has successfully completed the eHealth Exchange Product Testing Program. As an eHealth Exchange Validated product, HealthShare supports a common set of standards and specifications that enable a secure, trusted,...Read more

2014 15 Dec

Technologies focusing on the generation, presentation and application of clinical information in healthcare, referred to as health informatics or eHealth solutions, have experienced substantial growth over the past 40 years. Pioneering studies have been published focusing on technologies for producing and using written or spoken text, known as computational...Read more

2014 08 Dec

In an effort to help patients utilise health apps and other emerging technologies for personal care, a hospital in New Jersey is opening a storefront in its lobby, modelled after the Apple Genius Bar. At the Morristown Medical Center, the new storefront called "HealtheConnect" will be staffed by full-time experts available to assist patients...Read more

2014 08 Nov

Author Freeman Wong Program Manager Enterprise Imaging Repository eHealth NSW Sydney, NSW, Australia [email protected]   Key Points • Background and context to the Enterprise Imaging Repository in New South Wales, Australia • Strategy of eHealth NSW • Enterprise Imaging Repository goals and objectives...Read more

2014 21 Oct

Rainer Herzog is an expert in e- and mHealth. He has more than twenty years of experience in the pharmaceutical, medical technology and ICT industries.  Herzog is currently the Managing Director of HIMSS Europe GmbH, a cause based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information technology (IT).  HIMSS was founded in...Read more

2014 27 Jul

The movement in the past decade toward patient-centred care has increasingly emphasised patient empowerment in healthcare. In particular, the Chronic Care Model, characterised by the interaction between an “informed and activated patient” and a “prepared and proactive practice team” has been highlighted as a fundamental model for optimum care. Likewise,...Read more

2014 17 Jun

When developers meet later this month at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, they can expect to hear more about the company’s plans to challenge Apple’s recently-released HealthKit framework with its new Google Fit. The health service will collect and combine data from electronic health devices and apps, positioning the company...Read more

2014 17 Jun

No stranger to publicity spectacles, Apple is once again in the news, this time for its ventures into the health sector. With the company’s recently-unveiled Health Kit, a new platform for healthcare apps on iOS8 and a partnership with the prestigious Mayo Clinic, Apple is challenging its rival Samsung in the arena of mobile health-oriented...Read more

2014 03 Jun

Google Glass is not the only technology changing the view of people who embrace new developments in wireless wearables. Devices like Fitbit and Nike’s FuelBand allow users to track health and fitness data via online databases, making it possible to see how many calories have been burned during any given workout. People with chronic diseases like diabetes...Read more

2014 03 Jun

Healthcare organisations, which adopt new information technology (IT), should rely on clinical leaders with technical informatics and IT project management skills for its successful implementation, according to a study published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics. Process improvements and quality care ultimately depend on the attentive...Read more

2014 20 May

The MIHealth Forum takes place in Barcelona this week in a city, which seeks to become a laboratory for mobile health technology. On 22 May, the European Commission’s Gisele Roesems will lead a session on the commission’s Green Paper on mHealth deployment, which has the objective of addressing issues and breaking down barriers which exist...Read more

2014 20 May

A global survey of more than 2,000 mobile health app developers has identified a set of common characteristics that distinguish successful apps from those which fail to gain traction and generate significant revenue. Success in this context is defined by two criteria: more than 500,000 downloads and at least $1 million in earnings. By contrast, most...Read more

2014 03 Apr

COCIR, the non-profit trade association of the European Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry launches the 4th edition of its eHealth Toolkit which focuses on how modern data-driven approaches can improve healthcare quality in a cost-effective manner. The Toolkit also highlights Big Data’s societal value and the contribution of eHealth...Read more

2014 21 Mar

Delegated from more than 30 countries to share the benefits of eHealth  The World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition (WoHIT), taking place in Nice, France, from 2-4 April this year, presents a comprehensive international programme with 18 parallel and five plenary sessions, an mHealth symposium and a special Nordic Track as well as a dedicated...Read more

2014 08 Mar

Author John Chave Secretary General Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union A patient walks into a European pharmacy. She hands a paper prescription to the pharmacist. The pharmacist is unfamiliar with the prescriber, and struggles at first with the handwriting, but after a call to the physician, the medicine and its dosage are...Read more

2013 27 May

During the recently held eHealth Week in Dublin, the Greek Delegation announced its intention to organise the next High-level eHealth Conference and associated events under the Greek Presidency: In May 2014, Greece will welcome you to the eHealth Forum. The introduction of the concept of "eHealth ecosystems" by the Irish Presidency presents a true...Read more

2013 16 May

The 2013 EU SME eHealth Competition first prizes have been awarded to: Champion category: UK Preventive Medicine (UK), develops a solution for prevention, early detection and management of chronic condition.  Promise category: BrainControl (Italy), grants disabled people the ability to control objects with their minds.  Mrs. Neelie Kroes,...Read more

2013 14 May

A declaration by the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU committing Member States to developing eHealth ecosystems that could contribute to the reform of health systems has been welcomed by European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and Health Commissioner Tonio Borg. The Irish Presidency presented the Declaration...Read more

2013 02 May

Both healthcare and technology professionals are invited to join the Health Hack Dublin competition (11th and 12th May) on the eve of international eHealth Week 2013. Together they will be producing high quality software that has the potential to transform healthcare. Leading in to eHealth Week, Health Hack Dublin will shine a spotlight on...Read more

2013 04 Apr

Self-management interventions delivered by computer and mobile phone currently provide limited benefits for people with diabetes, according to a systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. Although computer and mobile phone-based self-management programmes had small positive effects on blood sugar levels, these effects seemed to be short-lived....Read more

2013 26 Mar

The European Commission's Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have agreed on a roadmap to strengthen transatlantic cooperation in eHealth and Health information technologies (IT). This builds on a Memorandum of Understanding on...Read more

2013 09 Mar

A major cross-border experimenting effort has been launched in Slovenia concerning ICT-based healthcare and related disciplines in the Danube eRegion. This was experiment was agreed on the 6th of March at a meeting of Healthcare Institution Directors and Informatics Heads and Directors, IT Providers in the University Medical Centre Ljubljana. The...Read more